One group called for book to be returned to Cumberland council library shelves while rivals argued it amounted to a moral sinGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastA suburban Sydney council chambers has become the battleground for two warring groups after a decision to ban books featuring same-sex parenting.Two groups...

Budget forecasts $14.4bn in savings from national disability insurance scheme, which minister says will come from changes to plan rulesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastBill Shorten has said most of the federal government’s planned $14.4bn NDIS savings over the next four years will come from changes yet to pass...

Robert Malayta, 18, was found dead by police divers in the Ross River near the Townsville suburb of Kirwan in 2022Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastA young Indigenous man was caught up in a stolen car pursuit before drowning in an attempt to evade police by crossing a river, a coroner has heard.Robert “Robbie”...

NGA rebuffs efforts by billionaire to take down painting by award-winning artist Vincent NamatjiraGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe mining billionaire Gina Rinehart has demanded the National Gallery of Australia remove her portrait from an exhibition by the award-winning artist Vincent Namatjira.The image,...

WA senator says ‘from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free’ – a phrase Anthony Albanese argues is counter to two-state solutionGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe Labor senator Fatima Payman has accused Israel of committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza and has questioned how many deaths would...

Five AFP officers say complaints in a November 2022 letter brought them into ‘public disrepute, odium, ridicule and contempt’Five federal police officers are suing the Australian Capital Territory government and Shane Drumgold for $1.42m over the former director of public prosecutions’ complaint about the handling of Bruce Lehrmann’s prosecution.In...